diff --git a/application/config/error.php b/application/config/error.php
index cebdae8a..87db9665 100644
--- a/application/config/error.php
+++ b/application/config/error.php
@@ -66,21 +66,4 @@ return array(
 		Log::exception($exception);
 	},
 
-	/*
-	|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-	| PHP INI Display Errors Setting
-	|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-	|
-	| Here you may specify the display_errors setting of the PHP.ini file.
-	| Typically you may keep this "Off", as Laravel will cleanly handle
-	| the display of all errors.
-	|
-	| However, if you encounter an infamous white screen of death scenario,
-	| turning this "On" may help you solve the problem by getting the
-	| real error message being thrown by the application.
-	|
-	*/
-
-	'display' => 'Off',
-
 );
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/application/start.php b/application/start.php
index a4725849..502339a1 100644
--- a/application/start.php
+++ b/application/start.php
@@ -1,5 +1,66 @@
 <?php
 
+/*
+|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+| PHP Display Errors Configuration
+|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+|
+| Since Laravel intercepts and displays all errors with a detailed stack
+| trace, we can turn off the display_errors ini directive. However, you
+| may want to enable this option if you ever run into a dreaded white
+| screen of death, as it can provide some clues.
+|
+*/
+
+ini_set('display_errors', 'Off');
+
+/*
+|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+| Register Class Aliases
+|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+|
+| Aliases allow you to use classes without always specifying their fully
+| namespaced path. This is convenient for working with any library that
+| makes a heavy use of namespace for class organization. Here we will
+| simply register the configured class aliases.
+|
+*/
+
+$aliases = Laravel\Config::get('application.aliases');
+
+Laravel\Autoloader::$aliases = $aliases;
+
+/*
+|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+| Set The Default Timezone
+|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+|
+| We need to set the default timezone for the application. This controls
+| the timezone that will be used by any of the date methods and classes
+| utilized by Laravel or your application. The timezone may be set in
+| your application configuration file.
+|
+*/
+
+date_default_timezone_set(Config::get('application.timezone'));
+
+/*
+|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+| Start / Load The User Session
+|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+|
+| Sessions allow the web, which is stateless, to simulate state. In other
+| words, sessions allow you to store information about the current user
+| and state of your application. Here we'll just fire up the session
+| if a session driver has been configured.
+|
+*/
+
+if (Config::get('session.driver') !== '')
+{
+	Session::load();
+}
+
 /*
 |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 | Auto-Loader Mappings
diff --git a/laravel/config.php b/laravel/config.php
index 54cc87d8..5d51b216 100644
--- a/laravel/config.php
+++ b/laravel/config.php
@@ -20,6 +20,13 @@ class Config {
 	 */
 	public static $cache = array();
 
+	/**
+	 * The configuration loader event name.
+	 *
+	 * @var string
+	 */
+	const loader = 'laravel.config.loader';
+
 	/**
 	 * Determine if a configuration item or file exists.
 	 *
@@ -106,8 +113,7 @@ class Config {
 
 		// If the item is null, it means the developer wishes to set the entire
 		// configuration array to a given value, so we will pass the entire
-		// array for the bundle into the array_set method, otherwise we'll
-		// only pass the file array for the bundle.
+		// array for the bundle into the array_set method.
 		if (is_null($item))
 		{
 			array_set(static::$items[$bundle], $file, $value);
@@ -166,6 +172,38 @@ class Config {
 	{
 		if (isset(static::$items[$bundle][$file])) return true;
 
+		// We allow a "config.loader" event to be registered which is responsible for
+		// returning an array representing the configuration for the bundle and file
+		// requested. This allows many types of config "drivers".
+		if (Event::listeners(static::loader))
+		{
+			$config = Event::first(static::loader, func_get_args());
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			$config = static::file($bundle, $file);
+		}
+
+		// If configuration items were actually found for the bundle and file we
+		// will add them to the configuration array and return true, otherwise
+		// we will return false indicating the file was not found.
+		if (count($config) > 0)
+		{
+			static::$items[$bundle][$file] = $config;
+		}
+
+		return isset(static::$items[$bundle][$file]);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Load the configuration items from a configuration file.
+	 *
+	 * @param  string  $bundle
+	 * @param  string  $file
+	 * @return array
+	 */
+	public static function file($bundle, $file)
+	{
 		$config = array();
 
 		// Configuration files cascade. Typically, the bundle configuration array is
@@ -179,12 +217,7 @@ class Config {
 			}
 		}
 
-		if (count($config) > 0)
-		{
-			static::$items[$bundle][$file] = $config;
-		}
-
-		return isset(static::$items[$bundle][$file]);
+		return $config;
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/laravel/core.php b/laravel/core.php
index a03d2cc6..4947cdf6 100644
--- a/laravel/core.php
+++ b/laravel/core.php
@@ -64,26 +64,9 @@ if (isset($_SERVER['CLI']['ENV']))
 }
 
 /**
- * Register all of the core class aliases. These aliases provide a
- * convenient way of working with the Laravel core classes without
- * having to worry about the namespacing. The developer is also
- * free to remove aliases when they extend core classes.
- */
-Autoloader::$aliases = Config::get('application.aliases');
-
-/**
- * Register the default timezone for the application. This will
- * be the default timezone used by all date functions through
- * throughout the entire application.
- */
-$timezone = Config::get('application.timezone');
-
-date_default_timezone_set($timezone);
-
-/**
- * Finally we'll grab all of the bundles and register them
- * with the bundle class. All of the bundles are stored in
- * an array within the application directory.
+ * Finally we'll grab all of the bundles and register them with the
+ * bundle class. All of the bundles are stored in an array within
+ * the application directory which defines all bundles.
  */
 $bundles = require path('app').'bundles'.EXT;
 
diff --git a/laravel/laravel.php b/laravel/laravel.php
index 43ea0658..a7cad554 100644
--- a/laravel/laravel.php
+++ b/laravel/laravel.php
@@ -50,8 +50,6 @@ register_shutdown_function(function()
  */
 error_reporting(-1);
 
-ini_set('display_errors', Config::get('error.display'));
-
 /**
  * Even though "Magic Quotes" are deprecated in PHP 5.3, they may
  * still be enabled on the server. To account for this, we will
@@ -68,18 +66,6 @@ if (magic_quotes())
 	}
 }
 
-/**
- * Load the session using the session manager. The payload will
- * be set on a static property of the Session class for easy
- * access throughout the framework and application.
- */
-if (Config::get('session.driver') !== '')
-{
-	Session::start(Config::get('session.driver'));
-
-	Session::load(Cookie::get(Config::get('session.cookie')));
-}
-
 /**
  * Gather the input to the application based on the global input
  * variables for the current request. The input will be gathered
diff --git a/laravel/session.php b/laravel/session.php
index ee997776..2e3044db 100644
--- a/laravel/session.php
+++ b/laravel/session.php
@@ -17,7 +17,19 @@ class Session {
 	const csrf_token = 'csrf_token';
 
 	/**
-	 * Create the session payload instance and load the session for the request.
+	 * Create the session payload and the load the session.
+	 *
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	public static function load()
+	{
+		static::start(Config::get('session.driver'));
+
+		static::$instance->load(Cookie::get(Config::get('session.cookie')));
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Create the session payload instance for the request.
 	 *
 	 * @param  string  $driver
 	 * @return void